People from all over the world have their own unique tradition, like Harold Taw’s tradition of feeding monkeys every year on his birthday in order to ensure prosperity to his family. Similarly, in my Taiwanese culture, before any big important test or competition, I shouldn’t get a haircut. It is believed that if I were to get a haircut, all of my experiences and luck will be cut away along with my hair. It is said that as our hair grows, the experience and training we go through, either in studying academic materials or training in any sports, will remain in our hair. This may sound superstitious. However, after following the tradition for several times, I find it to be quite helpful. Although this tradition never helps me win any tennis competition or get 2400 on my SAT, I felt that if I never follow this tradition, I would have performed worse. I guess this is just a psychological relief for many people that although they may realized that some of the tradition are just superstitious that will never have any physical affect on anything, people just do them for the sake of it. I decide that I will probably follow this tradition in the future.
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